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Wanda Sykes

Adam — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:53:06 +0000

Part five in my series of posts on the expression “that’s so gay.” Wanda Sykes speaks out on the subject:

McCain’s second and third choices for VP revealed!

Adam — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:52:07 +0000

We’ve all seen how good Governor Palin is with words. She’s good with words in the sense that she certainly knows how to use her mouth and vocal cords to produce words. Whether there’s any connection between those words and what she’s been asked, well, that’s another matter:

With that performance in mind, it comes as no surprise that the two heroes/mavericks below where McCain’s original second and third choice for his Vice Presidential runningmate:

My way

Adam — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:35:48 +0000

another creation by rx :

Men’s synchronized swimming skit

Adam — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:46:44 +0000

In honor of the Olympics… I present you with this hilarious Christopher Guest skit is from the mid 1980s:

Spaghetti Cat

Adam — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:28:21 +0000

I saw this clip on The Soup last week and I just about died laughing:

1977 and the “moral equivalent of war”

Adam — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:16:56 +0000

Bush’s finest moment?

Adam — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:44:52 +0000

This story from the Onion News Network:

Neat-o

Adam — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:00:24 +0000

Video of the Moon orbiting Earth as seen from distance of 31 million miles:

Source: NASA’s Deep Impact spacecraft.

This is what a bad day looks like

Adam — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:48:04 +0000

Surveillance video showing destruction of a bank drive through in Center, Texas (July 2, 2008). According to the local paper, the Shelby County Today, no one was injured.

Equal time

Adam — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:35:18 +0000

In the interest of providing equal time to different viewpoints, here’s a Republican promotional video, courtesy of ImVotingRepublican.com:

H/T: Matt R.

Bush: “$4 a gallon? I hadn’t heard that.”

Adam — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:32:31 +0000

In February, Bush asked a reporter:

“Wait a minute. What did you just say? You’re predicting four dollar a gallon gasoline? I hadn’t heard that.”

Look at him. He’s incredulous. He looks like he’s about the accuse the reporter of fear mongering. Gas prices were close to $4 at the time of this press conference, and today it’s well over $4.50 (at least where I live).

Later on in the press conference when asked a completely different question, Bush dodged it, saying he couldn’t answer because he’s been too focused on other things, like high gas prices. The same ones he learned about for the first time in that same press conference.

Cookies!

Adam — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:10:26 +0000

“Cookie” is one of those words that an adult cannot utter without sounding childish. I don’t care if you’re 98 years old and wearing both a monocle and a top hat. If you say the word cookie, you don’t sound like an adult.

It’s hard to maintain your dignity as an adult and admit you want to eat a cookie. At a deli counter recently, I was asked “do you want chips or a cookie with that sandwich?” Instinctively, I felt the need to lower my voice when I uttered: “I want a cookie.”

Maybe this is one of the things that makes the idea of a “cookie diet” so appealing. The concept is: “eat cookies, lose weight” as this 6-second clip explains:

I can lose weight by eating cookies? Fun! It’s like being a child again! Maybe I can start an exercise regimen using only swing sets and seesaws. Forget about stairmaster, take a look at my new home gym:

The lawyer in me wants to point out that sure, you can lose weight by eating nothing but cookies, but doesn’t it depend on what your definition of a cookie is? Can you take a salad, mash it down into a little round circle and call it a cookie?

I think the true test of whether or not something is a cookie is if children want to eat them. If a cookie diet cookie and a double-stuffed Oreo elicit the same smile on a 7-year-old, then it’s a cookie. If not, then it’s probably not really a cookie, it’s a smallish, round, food-substitute.

“Eat smallish, round, food-substitutes and lose weight! It’s that simple!”

Hillary Clinton Endorses Obama

Adam — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:39:11 +0000

Here’s an excerpt of Clinton’s speech, delivered today:

Good with words

Adam — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:07:03 +0000

Does anyone else think that these two kids should get married?

The (Oval) Office

Adam — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:02:33 +0000

If you’re a political junkie, you might find this parody of “The Office” is pretty funny. You can ignore the first 35 seconds: